"Snow and Ice" is defined as any winter weather event consisting of but not limited to snow, sleet, freezing rain, ice storm, etc...

Objective The objective of the City of Canton's Street Department during times of Snow and Ice is to "Maintain Roadway Safety while Striving Towards Protecting the City's Drinking Water".

Procedure for Snow and Ice Events

The City of Canton has over 900 lane miles and is divided into 13 districts. Each district has designated Main, Secondary and Ending routes. The expressways of State Routes 30 and 62 and the Downtown Area make up three of the districts. NOTE: Council Wards and Snow Districts are not the same. View Snow District Map below.

The Main routes will receive priority attention during snow and ice events. The mains were chosen by their traffic routes, traffic counts, thoroughfares usage, pavement type and terrain (grades or curves). The expressway routes through the City are priorities and are considered Main routes. View Main Routes by Districts below.

Secondary routes are mostly residential streets with a few exceptions.

Ending routes are the last routes to be addressed due to their low traffic counts such as alleys.

Upon the completion of Main routes, the department begins treatment of the Secondary routes. Flat secondary routes are spot salted (change effective 2009-2010). Upon the completion of the Secondary routes the Ending routs are then plowed. Ending routes consist of all alleys, narrow residential streets and dead end stubs. As a rule Ending routes, are usually just plowed and not salted.

What is Spot Salting? - It's the practice of salting intersections and intermittent salting on flat straight-a-ways.

Did you know it was Against the Law to Blow or Plow Snow into a City Street?

v No Person shall place any obstruction in or upon a street without proper authority (ORC 4511.74)

v Snow removed from private or public parking lots shall not obstruct public sidewalks, streets, highways or alleys. Snow shall be contained within the parking lot and shall not be piled more than three feet high or so as to obstruct visibility.

v Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

SNOW DISTRICT MAP

MAIN ROUTES BY DISTRICT SINCE 2007

District A: Frazer west to Corp limits; 30th St NW to 50th NW

Cleveland Ave - 30th to 50th NW

44th St - Plain Center to Cleveland

39th St NW - Cleveland to Norman

38th St NW - Arboretum to Cleveland

37th St NW - Cleveland to Market

34th St NW - Harrison to Frazer

30th St NW - Cleveland to Market

Harvard NW - 30th St to Dead End

Frazer NW - 30th to Dead End

Norman NW - 34th to 44th

Harrison NW - 25th to 38th NW

Vernon Ave NW - 42nd to 49th NW

Cromer NW - 30th to 34th

District A1: Frazer Ave NW east to Corp Limit; 30th to 55th St NE

Market Ave - 30th to 55th NE

55th St NE - Market no Linford

Plain Center NE - 55th to 44th NE

44th St NE - Market to Plain Center

Harvard Ave NW - 30th to 38th

30th St NW - Market to Frazer

37th St NW - Market to Frazer

44th St NE/NW - Frazer to Plain Center

Bexwell St/ Helmsworth Dr - Plain Center to Plain Center

District B: 12th St NW to 30th St NW; Monument to Market

Ferndale NW - Harrison to Cleveland

25th St NW - Harrison to Market

23rd St NW - Monument to Market

19th St NW - Market to Fulton

18th St NW - Market to Fulton

15th St NW - Market to Cleveland

Myrtle NW - Ferndale to 18th

Arnold NW - 19th to 12th

Harvard Ave NW - 30th to 15th

Cleveland - 30th to 12th NW

Woodland NW - 12th to 19th

McKinley NW - Cut thru

Fulton NW - 12th to City limits

Shorb NW - 12th to 18th

Monument NW - 12th to Fulton

District C: 12th St NE to 28th NE; Market Ave to Harrisburg/Maple NE

Market - 12th to 30th

Cherry - 12th to Market

Walnut - 12th to Market

12th St NE - Market to Maple

Gibbs NE - 12th to Corp Limit

19th St NE - Market to Harrisburg

15th St NE - Market to Maple

Maple NE - 12th to Corp Limit

Gross Ne - 12th to 25th

St Elmo - 12th to Corp limit

25th St NE - Market to St Elmo

28th St NE - Market to Rowland

Spring/23rd St Ne - 12th to Market

Colonial NE - Market to Maple

Rowland NE - 12th to Corp line.

District D: Harrisburg to Richmond NE; Mahoning/13th to Route 62

Harrisburg NE - Mahoning to Corp Limit

Mahoning NE - Harrisburg to Corp Limit

Harmont NE - Route 62 to 8th St NE

25th NE - Harrisburg to Daleford

19th/Midway NE - Harrisburg to Mahoning

Royal NE - 13th to 23rd

Edwards NE - 13th to 23rd

Indiana Way NE - Harrisburg to Mahoning

Superior NE - 13th to 23rd NE

23rd NE - Harrisburg to Royal

Winfield Way NE - Ohio to Grace NE

Fairmont NE - Harmont to Kirby

Ellis NE - Fairmont to Dead End

Daleford NE - Mahoning to Lesh

Atlantic/Lesh NE - Regent to Corp Limit

Richmond/Kirby NE - Mahoning to Route 62

30th St NE - Harrisburg to Richmond

29th St NE - Harmont to Richmond

18th St NE - Grace to Harrisburg

17th St NE - Grace to Harrisburg

16th St NE - Grace to Harrisburg

Coventry Blvd Ne - 29th to Mahoning NE

Midway NE - 19th to 25th

District E: Tuscarawas south to Corp line; Cherry to Belden/Corp line east. Also including the Quarry Annexation area.

Tuscarawas - Cherry to Corp limit

2nd St SE - Riverside to Cherry

3rd St SE - Cherry to Belden

Riverside SE- Tusc to 3rd SE

Madison SE - Tusc to 11th SE

11th ST SE - Market to Warner

4th St SE/Route 43 - Belden to City limits

Warner Ave SE - Tusc to Corp limits

Cherry Ave SE - 3rd SE to Corp limits

Gateway SE - Cherry to Dead end

17th St SE - Cherry to Allen

4th St SE - Belden to Madison

Sherrick Rd SE - Cherry to Warner

Hartford Ave SE - Tusc to Dead end SE

Hedge Rose - Corp limit west to Argyle

Berger - Orchardview to City Limits

Argyle SW - Hedge Rose to Orchardview

Trump - Route 30 to Tusc

Belden Ave SE - Industrial Pl to 17th SE (per agreement)

District E1: Lawrence/Mahoning/13th St NE to Tusc; Cherry to Marietta

Lawrence Ave NE - 12th to Cherry

Gibbs Ave NE - Highland to East Tusc

Spring Ave NE - 12th St to East Tusc

9th St NE - Cherry to Ojays Pkwy NE

Mahoning Rd NE - Crystal Park to 4th NE

Ira Turpin Way NE - Ojays Pkwy to Belden

Belden Ave NE - Ira Turpin Way to Mahoning

Marion Motley Ave/Penn NE - Ira Turpin Way to Belden

8th/6th St NE - City Corp to Cherry NE

5th St NE - Cherry to 6th/8th St Connector

4th St NE - Mahoning to Cherry NE

3rd St NE - Cherry to Corp Line

Georgetown NE - 3rd NE to Marietta (per agreement)

Belden NE - 8th NE to East Tusc

Hartford Ave NE - 3rd to East Tusc

8th St NE - Georgetown to Trump

District F: 11th/Navarre to Prairie College SW; Gambrinus (partial) to Cherry

Navarre Ave SW - City limits to Market

Harrison Ave SW - Navarre to 21st SW

17th St SW - Harrison to Gambrinus

Dueber Ave SW - Navarre to Timken Rd

Bolivar Rd SW - Cleveland Ave to City limits

Cleveland Ave SW - Navarre to Mill

Market Ave S - Cleveland to Navarre

Allen Ave SE - 14th to Mill

Mill Ave SW - Allen to Dueber

15th St SW - Harrison to Market

McKinley SW - Navarre to Cleveland

Kimball Ave SE - Allen to Market

Henry Ave SW - Timken Pl to Navarre

Faircrest Ave SW - Dueber to Shepler Church

Greentree SW - Faircrest to Cul-de-sac

District G: Tuscarawas to Navarre SW; Whipple to High

Tuscarawas Ave W - High NW to Whipple

Bedford Ave SW - Tusc to 9th SW

Dartmouth Ave SW - Tusc to 9th SW

6th St SW - High to Bedford

Dueber Ave SW - Tusc to Navarre

9th St SW - High to Linwood

11th St SW - Camden to Whipple

Raff Ave SW - 13th St SW to Tusc

13th St SW - Whipple to Clarendon

Maryland Ave SW - Tusc to Navarre

Clarendon Ave SW - Tusc to Navarre

5th St SW - High to Schroyer

3rd St SW - Tusc to High

District H: 12th/13th St NW to Tuscarawas St W; Whipple/Corp line to Fulton/High

12th St NW - Harrison to McKinley

Fulton Ave NW - 12th to Tusc

Harrison Ave NW - Tusc to Park Rd

13th St NW - Wertz to Harrison

4th St NW - Wertz to Lincoln

Lincoln Ave NW - 4th to 7th

7th St NW - Lawn to High

Wertz NW - Tusc to 13th St NW

Monument Ave NW - 7th to 12th

Clarendon Ave NW - Tusc to 12th

Broad Ave NW - Tusc to 17th

3rd St NW - Wertz to Whipple

Raff Rd NW - Tusc to 4th

Valleyview NW - Tusc to 4th

Who do I contact if my street needs plowed?

Feel free to contact the Street Department for any unplowed street at 330-498-3030. Office staff will take your request and your street will be added to our list. Please keep in mind there are 900 lane miles in Canton, divided into 13 districts. That means most of our plow drivers are averaging over 70 lane miles driven per snow and ice event. They can't be on every road at the same time.

Repeated calls from citizens to the office will have no impact on when your street will be plowed. There is a "Procedure for Snow and Ice Events" in place that they drivers follow.

I Usually Park on the Street. What will happen to my Car?

To best serve the City of Canton, we ask that when there is a chance for Snow and Ice that you limit the parking of vehicles on the road. If you have access to a driveway please use it to park your vehicles during the snow and ice event. Parking on the street greatly limits the plow driver's ability to do a thorough job clearing and treating the pavement. It reduces the lane width creating a limited and often cramped lane for our plow driver to operate within. It also defeats our goal of treating the pavement from curb to curb.

Codified Ordinances of the City of Canton

357.04 PROHIBITS PARKING ON EMERGENCY SNOW ROUTES.

The parking ban is instituted when four inches or more of snow is on the streets of Canton and the Street/Sewer Department is actively involved in the removal of this snow. Designated Emergency Snow Routes are marked as such by signage.

When the Mayor or Service Director declares an emergency and invokes the parking ban, such notice shall be conveyed through local radio stations. Vehicles parked on designated Emergency Snow Routes during the ban will be towed at the owner's expense. The parking ban remains in effect until the Mayor or Service Director lifts it.